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You can use a Config-on-the-fly file to define how specific file/registry items being tethered to on the source machine will be configured on the destination machine. For example, you may need to replace source machine identification information (hostname, IP address, etc.) with the destination machine ID information. You can use the Config-on-the-fly file to accomplish this task.

You can specify the Config-on-the-fly file in the Admin Console by clicking the COTF button or using the following property with virtapedit command:

CPROP_CONFIG_FILE

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• specify the paths to be configured and the actions to be taken for the particular path

• use container properties (for example, CPROP_SRC_NODENAME) as arguments when setting the CPROP_CONFIG_FILE property (for example, virtapedit <path_to_appliance> CPROP_CONFIG_FILE "StandardCOTF.xml CPROP_SRC_NODENAME")

• use wildcards in the TARGET tag and the EXCLUDE tag of the COTF file to exclude specific files from rehosting

When you create a container, a Config-on-the-fly file is automatically created in the container's scripts COTF folder:

scripts/COTF\StandardCOTF.xml

When you specify a path to be configured, VirtaMove supports paths that are relative to the container folder. That is, VirtaMove supports:

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